Manus 2.0 and Cue Launch as 2Do Rebuilds Its Task Manager

Cue is a standalone application that shares infrastructure with Manus and runs on mobile and desktop, QuantumBit reported. Each agent in Cue has an identity and can send messages, make payments within a user-set budget, execute tasks on its own machine, answer calls and leave call summaries. Users can assign different responsibilities to multiple agents and pull them into one group chat. The report cited an example of preparing a New York product launch: one agent finds a venue, another compiles a candidate list and a third drafts a presentation. The user sets the direction and makes final decisions. A demonstration also showed an agent helping with restaurant ordering and queuing after a user scans a QR code, though the report said everyday usability will depend on rollout. Cue is in early access and requires an invitation code.

Manus Studio upgrades the existing desktop app. Beyond documents, spreadsheets, PDFs and slides, the report highlighted video and game creation. The video editor provides a timeline for clips, images, text, motion and audio. Users can replace assets, adjust positions and export, or return the edited version to Manus for further work. The editor is mainly aimed at 30-to-60-second product advertisements, tutorials, vlogs and data motion graphics. An Alchemy mode calls both video generation and code generation. Xiao Hong said in a social media post that Cue's video was made with Manus Studio by writing code and then converting it into video, according to QuantumBit.

For game development, Manus introduced Game Dev, which offers playable templates and calls image, video and programming models. Users can watch a game run while changing code, characters and scenes, then publish it as a webpage. Multiplayer requires a persistent server, and Manus integrated the purchase of cloud computers and configuration for multiplayer into the flow. The always-on cloud computer was introduced in April and is now used for game deployment and long-running projects. Xiao Hong said he liked that cloud Computer Use no longer competes with him for the cursor. Local computers can also be controlled remotely: in an authorized session, a user can ask Manus from a phone to operate in a visible workspace on the computer, such as finding files or converting formats.

The new self-developed agent framework Cascade brings in professional capabilities on demand, QuantumBit reported. In official tests, compared with the previous system, it reduced token consumption by 23.2 percent, shortened task completion time by 28.2 percent and lowered operating costs by 32 percent. Automation has expanded from scheduled execution to event triggers. When connected services receive an email, a calendar event occurs or Notion updates, these events can start tasks. The release was aimed at overseas users. Manus said its product for the Chinese market is being prepared, the team is being assembled, and cooperation with domestic model vendors and ecosystem partners continues. The personal agent market has become crowded: Meta launched Muse on Sept. 8 and it later topped the U.S. App Store free chart, Qi Junyuan entered with Today AI, and OpenAI was reported to be preparing a persistent agent. Xiao Hong wrote in a social media post that he had thought the journey might end as a footnote, but now sees a chance to write a chapter.

The 2Do review in Shaoshupai focused on the macOS version and mentioned some iOS and iPadOS features. The app, a macOS-native task manager that has existed for more than a decade, kept its high degree of freedom while replacing its old skeuomorphic and early flat design with a modern three-column layout: lists and smart filters on the left, the task list in the middle, and tags and geographic information on the right. The sidebar can be collapsed. Users can configure separate themes for light and dark modes and adjust font size, line spacing and content density. Classic options such as friendly relative dates and red highlighting for overdue tasks remain. A Busy Days feature shows a heat map of schedule density in the date picker, mini calendar and calendar bar, helping users judge workload before assigning a date. Tags can be hidden and revealed by holding Option.

The rebuilt 2Do adds native multi-window support on macOS. Control-Option-Command-N opens a new window from the current view, allowing users to keep Today, other smart filters or subtask breakdowns in separate windows. Tasks can be dragged between windows, into the calendar bar to reschedule in bulk, or onto toolbar buttons to postpone, duplicate, share or delete them. On mobile, 2Do keeps its three-column swipe interaction and pinch-to-zoom view density with compact, standard and detailed modes. It also supports lock-screen widgets, Control Center shortcuts and multiple home-screen widget sizes on iOS and iPadOS, according to the review.

The review described 2Do's GTD-oriented features. Natural language recognition can parse dates such as today, next Friday or in three days, times such as 15:30, date ranges such as Oct. 20 to 22, and recurring inputs such as every week or every two weeks. Estimated durations can be set in square brackets, such as [2h] or [30m]. Reminders can be configured with alert 30m, though the review said the Chinese version of 2Do did not seem to recognize it correctly. Priority can be marked with exclamation points, stars with an asterisk, lists with a slash, tags with a hash and locations with an at sign. Double quotes prevent keywords from being parsed. Quick continuous entry is available by long-pressing the plus button on iOS, and Shift-Command-2 opens a quick entry panel on macOS that saves and clears the field when pressed again. Email collection was rewritten to use a private cloud forwarding address per client, with the subject becoming the task title, the body becoming a note and bracket syntax such as due(tomorrow) or list(Work) setting attributes.

2Do's filtering and organization tools were also expanded. The new version supports full-dimension parentheses nesting and cross-dimension OR rules, allowing queries such as lists: Work AND (type: overdue OR type: starred OR type: hiprio). It adds scope syntax for lists and tag groups, such as lists: (Work, Personal projects), and a search inheritance toggle. The note editor supports Markdown and bidirectional cross-task links using @{task name}. An extraction panel lists external links and URL schemes. A Quick Open panel, opened with Shift-Command-O or by tapping the current list name on iOS, shows recently modified tasks and visited lists and lets users search. The List Jump Bar, opened with J on macOS, highlights matching lists, smart lists, projects and checklists in the sidebar, and Cmd-0 through Cmd-5 switch among Inbox, All, Today, Starred and Completed. The sync engine was rewritten. Old iCloud sync relied on iCloud CalDAV, required an app-specific password and could not sync smart lists, list groups, tag groups or attachments; full sync required Dropbox. The new engine adds native iCloud sync and two-way sync with Apple Reminders, and a WebDAV full sync was previewed. Native iCloud uses Apple sign-in and syncs smart lists, tag groups and attachments. For platforms 2Do does not support, Apple Reminders two-way sync and the new Todoist can sync tasks to Windows, Android or the web. The review noted that because those third-party platforms do not support 2Do's complex data structures, advanced metadata such as tag groups and attachments cannot be directly synced.

Editor's Summary

Manus released Manus 2.0 and Cue, giving personal agents independent communication, payment and computing identities while expanding its desktop Studio into video and game creation. 2Do rebuilt its long-standing task manager with a modern interface, multi-window support, natural language input and a new sync engine. Both updates show productivity and AI agent tools converging on more flexible, assistant-like workflows across desktop and mobile platforms.